Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Stenciled Tabletop

Driving to work last week I spotted this little farmhouse style kitchen table. One leg is slightly damaged but I can fix that! I loaded it in my car and was on my way. I remembered a stenciled table that I liked and went on an internet hunt to find it again... Here it is from Domestic Imperfection:

I didn't have a stencil so again, I searched for one I might like on the web. I found this:

{Sawdust & Embryos} offered a link to a wallpaper design that inspired her stencil

I printed this image full sized on a regular piece of cardstock. (note: This did not work well because the cardstock gets wet and tears. I found a transparency and traced it onto that. Much better!)
I sanded the tabletop lightly just to take the finish off. I then found the middle and began stenciling with a mix of Annie Sloan's Old White and French Linen Chalk Paints.

The stencil has to go on in stages because you don't want to smear your paint. I did not stencil right to the edge because I wanted to bring out the design. After the stencil was complete all over the top I lightly sanded the top to give it a worn look.

I took it outside since it was almost 50 degrees yesterday. (hard to believe since we are having a blizzard right now) I used Annie Sloan's Dark Wax on the top and buffed it. Then (this is usually not the order of things) I applied clear wax. Normally this would lift the dark wax, but in this case the dark wax has penetrated the wood like a liquid stain. It might lift little off the painted areas but not much.

I painted the skirt and legs with Florence Chalk Paint then Graphite. (notice they match Rebekah's legs) I sanded through the Graphite showing the Florence. Then clear waxed those parts. Now I just need to but screws for the legs!

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I am happily married to Kelly after loving him from a distance for almost 10 years. We have 2 great kids. Timothy is 12 and Rebekah is 7. I have tried almost every form of arts and crafts there is but my favorites are papercrafting, scrapbooking, quilting, and photography.